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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kevin Purcell" data-source="post: 1728687" data-attributes="member: 68323">I reported on other threads that the new Diamondback uses a silver coating (the older on used a Al coating and had that colder bluish bias). The AR coatings were improved too: I could see some ghosts on sun-reflected highlights. I suspect they've now gone.I thought the previous DB was quite good value and a big step up from other bins. I sold my pair on to a glasses wearing birding friend who moved from some terrible Bushnell porros to those and was very, very happy with the "bright" wide view (with enough ER to see it). It all depends on your "anchor point" for comparisons.If the Vista is as good as the new DB for $129 it shows how much binocular price/performance is changing. Not too far from a decent roof for under $100.</blockquote>